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This is the all new, upper-middleweight ADV machine that features-among many other things-the new Suzuki 775cc parallel-twin motor. In our first segment, Editor Don Williams has just returned from Sardinia, Italy, where he was riding the Suzuki V-Strom 800DE.

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We hope you enjoyed our full serving of the KTM alphabet soup. RC: If it’s a KTM RC, it has a full fairing and clip-ons-track-ready.SUPERSPORTThere’s only one motorcycle in this class, with the RC name bringing to mind the RC16 MotoGP motorcycle KTM 390 RC Freeride tells you that it’s a trailbike rather than a competitive off-road motorcycle.

Freeride E-XC: Another outlier, it uses the XC (cross-country) designation, but it adds the E (electric power) before the XC, rather than after, as the 4-strokes (XC-F) are named.Right now, it is only used for a youth model, but expect that to change. SX-E: This is for the electric-power motocrosser.They’re just getting started with these names. Duke R: The R tells you that you’re getting upgraded performance, not that it’s ready for the dirt.Į-RIDEKTM uses E-Ride to designate its off-road motorcycles powered by electricity.Duke: This is the standard-issue naked non-V-twin sportbike.Super Duke R: This designation tells you that it’s a big-bore V-twin at the top of the Duke food chain.NAKED BIKEKTM’s unfaired upright sportbikes start with Duke, and go on from there. At the same time, it’s more dirt-capable than the other motorcycles under the Travel designation, so it gets an R. While it’s named an Enduro, it’s not as dirt-ready as the motorcycles in the Enduro lineup. Adventure R Rally: For the hardest-core off-roading in the ADV world, Rally is added to the R.Adventure R: Non-V-twin ADV motorcycle aimed at the dirt get this name, with the R as the tipoff.Adventure: This is for the non-V-twin street-oriented adventure models.You don’t see the S designation anywhere else in the KTM world. Super Adventure S: The S tells you that this ADV is street-oriented.Super Adventure R: This is the V-twin adventure motorcycle, with the R telling you it has an off-road focus.TRAVELTravel is KTM’s name for adventure bikes, with one exception-you just knew that had to be one. The R tells you that it is dirt-ready, and it is more off-road capable than the slick-tired SMR racer. SMC R: We’re not sure what the SMC stands for, as it’s a street-legal model, rather than a competition motorcycle.SMR: This is the non-street-legal racing designation.SUPERMOTO 2021 KTM 690 SMC RThere are only two supermoto motorcycles in the KTM lineup right now, and they are oddly named. XCF-W: These are 4-stroke cross-country off-road enduro motorcycles with a wide-ratio transmission and lighting.XC-F: These are 4-stroke cross-country racers without lights.XC-W: The W tells you that the XC has a wide-ratio transmission, as well as lighting.XC TPI: TPI adds fuel injection to the mix.Though under the enduro lineup umbrella, the XC models do not have lighting. XC: This is for 2-stroke cross-country dirt bikes.The F confirms the 4-stroke motor, though there are no 2-stroke EXC models. EXC-F: The E tells you that it’s an Enduro (street legal) cross-country (XC) motorcycle.SX-E: The E addendum tells you that it’s an electric motocrosserĮNDUROIf you can master the somewhat confusing Enduro lettering, you’re well on your way to being a KTM expert.SX-F: Adding the F means it’s a 4-stroke motocrosser.

SX: This is for the 2-stroke motocross bikes.

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